This Pudding Tastes Like Science!

Rice Starch, highly magnified

Here are the three pudding recipes we used in class today, each with information about their own unique starch.

• Chocolate Cornstarch Pudding
• Tapioca Pudding
• Rice Pudding

Chocolate Cornstarch Pudding

1. In a saucepan, stir together:
   
   • ½ C. sugar
   • 3 Tablespoons cocoa powder
   • ¼ C. corn starch
   • ⅛ tsp. salt
2. Stir in 2¾ C. milk and place over medium heat
3. Bring to a boil and cook, sitrring constantly, until mixture thickens to coat back of metal spoon.
4. Remove from heat and stir in 1 tsp. vanilla.
5. Let cool briefly before eating

Tapioca Pudding

Ingredients
• 3 cups whole milk
• ½ cup quick-cooking tapioca
• ½ cup white sugar
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, beaten
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1. Stir together the milk, tapioca, sugar, and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 5 minutes longer.
2. Whisk 1 cup of the hot milk mixture into the beaten eggs, 2 tablespoons at a time until incorporated. Stir the egg mixture back into the tapioca until well mixed. Bring the pudding to a gentle simmer over medium-low heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer until the pudding becomes thick enough to evenly coat the back of a metal spoon. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. The pudding may be served hot or poured into serving dishes and refrigerated several hours until cold.

Rice Pudding

• 2½ c. whole milk
• ½ c. white rice (if you have it, sushi rice or arborio rice (the kind used in risotto) are best)
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• Pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
• Toppings such as chopped nuts, dried or fresh fruit, cinnamon, or nutmeg (optional)
1. Place milk, rice, sugar, and salt in a medium saucepan.
2. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally until sugar has dissolved.
3. Lower heat to a bare simmer and cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until rice is tender and mixture thickens, about 20 minutes.
4. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla or almond extract. Taste, adding additional sugar or toppings as desired.